Precious star Gabourey Sidibe nominated for SAG Award

Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced this morning in a televised press conference live from the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theatre in West Hollywood. SAG President Ken Howard was on hand to welcome members of the press and to introduce film actress Michelle Monaghan ("Trucker") and NCIS Los Angeles star Chris O'Donnell who announced the nominees.

The SAG Awards are the only film and television industry awards whose nominees are selected by actors themselves, and quite often are a good indication of who will be nominated come Oscar and Emmy time. As usual, there were plenty of surprises and a few sighs of relief when the nominees were announced.

On the TV front, despite cancellation, Christina Applegate received a nomination for her role in the now-defunct ABC comedy, Samantha Who?. Nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in both drama and comedy included two of my personal guilty pleasures with True Blood  being nominated for drama and Glee receiving a nod for comedy. Having just wrapped the final season of Monk, it's nice to see Tony Shalhoub among the nominees for lead actor in a comedy, although Alec Baldwin of 30 Rock will probably take that one.  Another personal favorite, Kyra Sedgwick of The Closer received a nomination as the the show itself.

Sedgwick's hubby, Kevin Bacon is among the nominees for his role in the television movie Taking Chance.  Just like this year's Emmy nominations, both Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore are up for Lead Actress for their mother-daughter roles in the HBO movie, Grey Gardens.

When the nominees for movies were announced, cheers could be heard when first-time film actress Gabourey Sidibe, who stars in the current hit Precious was named among the actresses competing for Lead Actress. Her antagonistic co-star, Monique also received a nomination in the Supporting Actress category. Inglourious Basterds fared far better at the nominations that it did at the box office, receiving a total of three nominations. Even though it hasn't hit theatres yet, Nine scored a nod for Penelope Cruz.

Included below is a full list of nominees for film and television. The SAG Awards will air Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 8/7c on both TNT and TBS.

16th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS
 
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
 
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
JEFF BRIDGES / Bad Blake - "CRAZY HEART" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
GEORGE CLOONEY / Ryan Bingham - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)
COLIN FIRTH / George Falconer - "A SINGLE MAN" (The Weinstein Company)
MORGAN FREEMAN / Nelson Mandela - "INVICTUS" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
JEREMY RENNER / Staff Sgt. William James - "THE HURT LOCKER" (Summit Entertainment)
 
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
SANDRA BULLOCK / Leigh Anne Tuohy - "THE BLIND SIDE" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
HELEN MIRREN / Sofya - "THE LAST STATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)
CAREY MULLIGAN / Jenny - "AN EDUCATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)
GABOUREY SIDIBE / Precious - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE" (Lionsgate)
MERYL STREEP / Julia Child - "JULIE & JULIA" (Columbia Pictures)
 
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
MATT DAMON / Francois Pienaar - "INVICTUS" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
WOODY HARRELSON / Captain Tony Stone - "THE MESSENGER" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Tolstoy - "THE LAST STATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)
STANLEY TUCCI / George Harvey - "THE LOVELY BONES" (Paramount Pictures)
CHRISTOPH WALTZ / Col. Hans Landa - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)
 
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Carla - "NINE" (The Weinstein Company)
VERA FARMIGA / Alex Goran - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)
ANNA KENDRICK / Natalie Keener - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)
DIANE KRUGER / Bridget Von Hammersmark - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)
MO'NIQUE / Mary - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE" (Lionsgate)
 
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
AN EDUCATION (Sony Pictures Classics) 
THE HURT LOCKER (Summit Entertainment) 
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures) 
NINE (The Weinstein Company)
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE (Lionsgate)
 
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
 
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KEVIN BACON / Lt. Col. Michael R. Strobl - "TAKING CHANCE" (HBO)
CUBA GOODING, JR. / Ben Carson - "GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY" (TNT)
JEREMY IRONS / Alfred Stieglitz - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE" (Lifetime)
KEVIN KLINE / Cyrano de Bergerac - "GREAT PERFORMANCES: CYRANO de BERGERAC" (PBS)
TOM WILKINSON / Salter - "A NUMBER" (HBO)
 
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
JOAN ALLEN / Georgia O'Keeffe - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE" (Lifetime)
DREW BARRYMORE / Little Edie - "GREY GARDENS" (HBO)
RUBY DEE / Mrs. Harper - "AMERICA" (Lifetime)
JESSICA LANGE / Big Edie - "GREY GARDENS" (HBO)
SIGOURNEY WEAVER / Mary Griffith - "PRAYERS FOR BOBBY" (Lifetime)
 
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
SIMON BAKER / Patrick Jane - "THE MENTALIST" (CBS)
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White - "BREAKING BAD" (AMC)
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan - "DEXTER" (Showtime)
JON HAMM / Don Draper - "MAD MEN" (AMC)
HUGH LAURIE / House - "HOUSE" (FOX)
 
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
PATRICIA ARQUETTE/ Allison Dubois - "MEDIUM" (NBC/CBS)
GLENN CLOSE / Patty Hewes - "DAMAGES" (FX)
MARISKA HARGITAY / Det. Olivia Benson - "LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT" (NBC)
HOLLY HUNTER / Grace Hanadarko - "SAVING GRACE" (TNT)
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick - "THE GOOD WIFE" (CBS)
KYRA SEDGWICK / Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson - "THE CLOSER" (TNT)
 
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy - "30 ROCK" (NBC)
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott - "THE OFFICE" (NBC)
LARRY DAVID / Himself - "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM" (HBO)
TONY SHALHOUB / Adrian Monk - "MONK" (USA NETWORK)
CHARLIE SHEEN / Charlie Harper - "TWO AND A HALF MEN" (CBS)
 
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE / Samantha Newly - "SAMANTHA WHO?" (ABC)
TONI COLLETTE / Tara Gregor - "UNITED STATES OF TARA" (Showtime)
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton - "NURSE JACKIE" (Showtime)
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon  - "30 ROCK" (NBC)
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Christine Campbell - "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE" (CBS)
 
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE CLOSER (TNT) 
DEXTER (Showtime)
THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)
MAD MEN (AMC) 
TRUE BLOOD (HBO) 
 
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 
30 ROCK (NBC) 
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO) 
GLEE (FOX)
MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
THE OFFICE (NBC)